6th Noypi 1799 FIDE Rated Standard Chess Tournament

Open SwissStandard

70 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held on 28 Mar 2026 in Robinsons Magnolia, Quezon City, Philippines. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1767, and top seed was Vladimir Lait (🇵🇭 PHI, 1794).

Vladimir Lait (🇵🇭 PHI, 1794) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Rommel Lucion (5.5) and Jason Medina (5.0). Lait shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Cheryl A. Angot (1532) beat Judylito ULANDAY (1786), a +254-point gap.

Location

🇵🇭Robinsons Magnolia, Quezon City, Philippines

Dates

28 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇭Vladimir Lait1794

Avg top 10

1,767

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇵🇭Philippines×52

FIDE (no federation)×3

Top 3

🥇
Vladimir Lait
🇵🇭PHI·1794
5.5pts·2067perf+31.4
🥈
Rommel Lucion
🇵🇭PHI·1746
5.5pts·2029perf+24.2
🥉
Jason Medina
🇵🇭PHI·1665
5.0pts·1755perf+14.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Lait5.5Lucion5.5Talaboc5Cartagena5Perez5Medina5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Lait takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vladimir Lait drew with Rommel Lucion (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vladimir Lait 4 wins (R1–R4)Rommel Lucion 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vladimir Lait	*	½	—	—
2Rommel Lucion	½	*	—	—
3Freddie Talaboc	—	—	*	—
4Philip King Cartagena	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lait, Vladimir	1794	PHI	+55N	+17B	+28N	+26B	=2N	+7B	5.5	20.0	22.0	19.25	2067	+31.4
2	Lucion, Rommel	1746	PHI	+63N	+62B	+3N	+14B	=1B	+10N	5.5	19.5	20.5	17.75	2029	+24.2
3	Medina, Jason	1665	PHI	+53B	+11N	−2B	+18N	+15B	+12N	5.0	21.5	23.5	18.00	1755	+14.4
4	Perez, Winson	1696	PHI	+67N	+32B	+8N	=7B	=6N	+16B	5.0	21.0	22.0	17.25	1917	+46.0
5	Cartagena, Philip King	1788	PHI	+41B	+12N	+27B	−10N	+25B	+11N	5.0	18.0	20.5	16.50	1859	+7.0
6	Talaboc, Freddie	1791	PHI	+52B	=25N	+60B	+37N	=4B	+13N	5.0	16.5	18.0	14.00	1862	+9.2
7	Penafiel, Denniel	1741	PHI	+49B	+50N	+13B	=4N	+10B	−1N	4.5	20.5	22.5	14.50	1817	+10.6
8	Ellis, Arnel	1745	PHI	+18B	+15N	−4B	=38N	+37B	+21B	4.5	19.0	21.5	15.25	1794	+7.0
9	Pamplona, King Lanz	1784	PHI	=60B	−37N	+41B	+59N	+38B	+19B	4.5	13.0	14.5	11.25	1843	+11.2
10	Sanido, Marco Polo	1692	PHI	+44B	+40N	+21N	+5B	−7N	−2B	4.0	21.0	23.5	13.50	1757	+14.8
11	Serafica, Gerico	0	PHI	+16N	−3B	+63N	+20B	+28N	−5B	4.0	21.0	22.0	12.00	1753	-21.2
12	Lopez, Alden Carl	1620	PHI	+33N	−5B	+31N	+30B	+26N	−3B	4.0	19.0	22.0	12.00	1601	-3.2
13	Beltran, King Xyan	1662	PHI	+61N	+42B	−7N	+35B	+14N	−6B	4.0	19.0	20.5	11.00	966	-28.8
14	Florin, Christian Paul	0	PHI	+?B	+29N	+22B	−2N	−13B	+25N	4.0	19.0	19.0	9.50	1743	0.0
15	Alipoon, Kentrry Ryan	1525	PHI	+64N	−8B	+36N	+57B	−3N	+33B	4.0	17.5	18.5	9.00	1589	+9.2
16	Nitafan, Steve	1617	PHI	−11B	+53N	+51B	+27N	+39B	−4N	4.0	16.5	18.5	9.50	1858	+38.8
17	Ocampo, Robi	1652	PHI	+58N	−1N	−25B	+67B	+30N	+32B	4.0	16.5	17.5	9.00	915	-33.2
18	Alleva, Lucky One	0	PHI	−8N	+66B	+62N	−3B	+31N	+28B	4.0	16.5	17.5	8.00	1688	0.0
19	Dionisio, Xian Yosef	1647	PHI	+30B	+39N	−26B	+54N	+29B	−9N	4.0	16.0	18.0	10.50	1740	+20.4
20	Galang, Jay-El	1618	PHI	−40B	+44N	+49B	−11N	+51B	+50N	4.0	13.0	15.0	8.50	2299	+13.6
21	Oncita, Sumer Justine	1754	PHI	+65B	+38N	−10B	=25N	+22B	−8N	3.5	17.5	18.5	8.50	1672	-21.6
22	Mendoza, Cheyzer Crystal J.	1745	PHI	+70N	=23B	−14N	+24B	−21N	+45B	3.5	17.0	17.0	7.75	1595	-11.4
23	Angot, Cheryl A.	1532	PHI	+68B	=22N	−37B	+60N	−27B	+39N	3.5	13.0	13.0	5.75	1652	+11.0
24	Azuela, Noel	0	PHI	F	+?N	=39B	−22N	+59B	+37N	3.5	10.0	10.0	5.25	1755	0.0
25	Palermo, Ferdinand	1636	PHI	+31N	=6B	+17N	=21B	−5N	−14B	3.0	21.5	24.5	11.25	1746	+11.8
26	Calzo, Matt Vincent	1726	PHI	+35N	+43B	+19N	−1N	−12B	F	3.0	19.5	22.0	9.50	1652	-15.6
27	Liwat, Lowell	1717	PHI	+34N	+48B	−5N	−16B	+23N	F	3.0	18.0	18.0	9.00	1521	-31.2
28	Ching, Francis	1719	PHI	+56B	+51N	−1B	+50N	−11B	−18N	3.0	17.5	19.5	6.00	1647	-3.6
29	Advincula, Raymark	1663	PHI	+46N	−14B	+58N	+34B	−19N	F	3.0	16.5	18.5	7.50	846	-20.8
30	Ngo, Adrian	0	PHI	−19N	+55B	+43N	−12N	−17B	+?N	3.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	1580	0.0
31	FIDE 521086710	0	—	−25B	+52N	−12B	+65N	−18B	+49N	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.00	1430	0.0
32	De Leon, Sean Alexis	0	PHI	+59B	−4N	−57B	+69N	+41B	−17N	3.0	15.0	15.0	4.00	1502	0.0
33	FIDE 521086729	0	—	−12B	+65N	−38B	+52N	+49B	−15N	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.00	1332	0.0
34	Abanes, Carmelita	0	PHI	−27B	+68N	+40B	−29N	+54B	F	3.0	13.5	13.5	4.50	890	0.0
35	Camangonan, Ryan	0	PHI	−26B	+?N	+?B	−13N	+40B	F	3.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	1593	+18.0
36	Tiomico, Eli Sofia	0	PHI	−50B	+56N	−15B	−49N	+68B	+51N	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	712	0.0
37	De Guzman, Ioan Samuel	1708	PHI	=45N	+9B	+23N	−6B	−8N	−24B	2.5	21.0	23.5	9.25	1670	-8.8
38	Adriano, Emmanuel	1545	PHI	+66N	−21B	+33N	=8B	−9N	F	2.5	18.0	19.0	6.25	1488	-6.8
39	ULANDAY, Judylito	1786	PHI	+47N	−19B	=24N	+61B	−16N	−23B	2.5	17.5	19.0	5.75	798	-88.8
40	Sanchez, Ross Dylan	0	FID	+20N	−10B	−34N	+47B	−35N	=48B	2.5	16.5	19.0	7.75	1655	0.0
41	FIDE 521067040	0	—	−5N	+70B	−9N	+63B	−32N	=47B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.25	986	0.0
42	FIDE 5271991	0	—	+?B	−13N	−50B	+56N	=44B	F	2.5	13.0	13.0	3.25	1462	0.0
43	Ong, Clarence	1548	PHI	+69B	−26N	−30B	−53N	=46B	+61N	2.5	12.0	12.0	2.75	926	-10.8
44	Echiverri, John Lovell Garduce	0	PHI	−10N	−20B	+?N	+62B	=42N	F	2.5	11.5	11.5	2.25	1518	+1.6
45	Balibalos, Tito Lorenzo Sean	1500	PHI	=37B	−60N	−59B	+55N	+61B	−22N	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.75	1554	+8.8
46	Leabres, Jon Eduardo	0	PHI	−29B	−57N	−52B	+68N	=43N	+59B	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.75	1461	0.0
47	Calzo, Aaron Jhon	0	FID	−39B	−54N	+68B	−40N	+?B	=41N	2.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	986	0.0
48	Calara, Liam Rankine	1489	PHI	+?B	−27N	−54B	−51N	+69B	=40N	2.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	917	0.0
49	FIDE 521086664	0	—	−7N	+64B	−20N	+36B	−33N	−31B	2.0	17.5	18.5	4.00	880	0.0
50	Despoy, Jianlie	1499	FID	+36N	−7B	+42N	−28B	F	−20B	2.0	17.0	19.0	5.50	893	-30.4
51	FIDE 115098050	0	—	+?N	−28B	−16N	+48B	−20N	−36B	2.0	16.5	16.5	2.50	851	0.0
52	Hui, Kennedy	1408	PHI	−6N	−31B	+46N	−33B	+66N	F	2.0	15.5	16.5	3.50	991	-3.6
53	FIDE 521086699	0	—	−3N	−16B	+55N	+43B	F	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1561	0.0
54	Quiambao, Cris Matheo	0	PHI	−62N	+47B	+48N	−19B	−34N	−56B	2.0	14.0	15.0	5.00	834	0.0
55	Bilog, Maria Teresa	1413	PHI	−1B	−30N	−53B	−45B	+64N	+69N	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	847	-18.8
56	FIDE 521086672	0	—	−28N	−36B	+64N	−42B	F	+54N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	919	0.0
57	Obogne, Joel	1731	PHI	F	+46B	+32N	−15N	F	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	5.50	725	-15.2
58	FIDE 521083258	0	—	−17B	+?N	−29B	+?N	F	F	2.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1671	0.0
59	Langue, Kyla Jane	1700	PHI	−32N	=61B	+45N	−9B	−24N	−46N	1.5	16.0	17.5	3.25	1642	-5.6
60	Gilbuena, Micky	0	PHI	=9N	+45B	−6N	−23B	F	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	4.75	1565	0.0
61	Macariola, Paul Genesis	0	PHI	−13B	=59N	+?B	−39N	−45N	−43B	1.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	1440	0.0
62	Paragas, Vincent Bryan	1621	PHI	+54B	−2N	−18B	−44N	F	F	1.0	16.0	17.0	2.00	946	-6.6
63	FIDE 521086656	0	—	−2B	+69N	−11B	−41N	−?B	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	957	0.0
64	FIDE 521086737	0	—	−15B	−49N	−56B	−?N	−55B	+66B	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	713	0.0
65	Cortez, Luis Angelo	0	PHI	−21N	−33B	+66N	−31B	F	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	954	-9.2
66	FIDE 521070741	0	—	−38B	−18N	−65B	+?N	−52B	−64N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	677	0.0
67	FIDE 521086680	0	—	−4B	−?N	+?B	−17N	−?B	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	879	0.0
68	Sister, Rene	0	PHI	−23N	−34B	−47N	−46B	−36N	F	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	732	0.0
69	FIDE 521086745	0	—	−43N	−63B	F	−32B	−48N	−55B	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	681	0.0
70	FIDE 5257859	0	—	−22B	−41N	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	945	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Perez, WinsonPHI
+46.0
5.0 pts · #11
2Nitafan, StevePHI
+38.8
4.0 pts · #16
3Lait, VladimirPHI
+31.4
5.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1ULANDAY, JudylitoPHI
-88.8
2.5 pts · #65
2Ocampo, RobiPHI
-33.2
4.0 pts · #63
3Liwat, LowellPHI
-31.2
3.0 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R6+254 Elo gap
Angot, Cheryl A.1532 beat ULANDAY, Judylito1786
R4+206 Elo gap
Alipoon, Kentrry Ryan1525 beat Obogne, Joel1731
R5+169 Elo gap
Nitafan, Steve1617 beat ULANDAY, Judylito1786